AM/Enduro Geometry

I had to much time today (got bored studying) and did some bike geomety comparison. I compared most popular AM/Enduro bikes. I compared medium size bikes, some of them are 17-18˝ (if they have different sizing).

My conclusions:
-bikes are getting more and more similar in geometry (few exceptions)
-Nomad, Liteveile601 and Mondraker Zenith have the longest chainstay, but the Zenith has 170mm of travel and Liteville is adjustable, so the Nomad realy stands out in this segment
-Norco Range has the highest BB, even higher than all of the 180mm travel bikes
-Stumpjumper, Ghost AMR and YT Wicked have the lowest BB, but they have 150mm of travel
-Specialized bikes have the shortes CS (but we all expected thad, didnt we?), I was suprised with the new Kona Process and YT wicked
-Ibis Mojo HD has extremly short wheelbase, even shorter than Stumpjumper EVO, which started life as 140mm travel bike
-Nomad and both Mondrakers have the shortest top tube (horizontal)
-Yeti SB66 and all YT bikes have the longest top tube (horizontal)
-If you sort the bikes by CS/WB ratio you almost see which bikes are using which type of suspension. Dual link bikes (Nomad, Ibis, Mondraker) have extremly long CS compared to wheelbase and four bar linkage bikes (Specialized, Kona, Lapierre, Nicolai) have very short chainstay compared to wheelbase. The only bike that stands out is again Norco Range, dont understand really why is that.

Hope you like It, please share your thoughts about this! If you are missing some of your favorites I can add them to the table.

I admire the effort that went in to this, and it totally indicates what a bike is all about, but i'd caution anyone who wanted to compare bikes in this fashion to determine what was the best for them. There are other factors, like how the suspension sits in the attack position, ideal bar height, seat tube angle, etc, that influence the handling just as much (if not more) than the popular easy measurements that you've graphed. The bike is a sum of all parts, but not all measurements are easy to quantify.

In any case, it's super interesting, and it's neat to see a new market segment be zeroed in on.

-If you sort the bikes by CS/WB ratio you almost see which bikes are using which type of suspension. Dual link bikes (Nomad, Ibis, Mondraker) have extremly long CS compared to wheelbase and four bar linkage bikes (Specialized, Kona, Lapierre, Nicolai) have very short chainstay compared to wheelbase. The only bike that stands out is again Norco Range, dont understand really why is that.

Seems like size is a variable missing from this picture. Most bikes have the same CS across sizes, but different WB. Seems like it speaks a bit on how a larger size might handle differently than a smaller one, even though the fit could be the same.
I hadn't really thought of that, so thanks for pointing it out!

Wow! I get bored often too and do these kinds of comparisons all the time on scratch paper. But never to this extent and I always end up just throwing them away. I’ve always wanted to make a master list on Excel or something.

This is sooo awesome! This list will definitely come in handy. Thanks for putting in the time and sharing!

Wow! I get bored often too and do these kinds of comparisons all the time on scratch paper. But never to this extent and I always end up just throwing them away. I’ve always wanted to make a master list on Excel or something.

This is sooo awesome! This list will definitely come in handy. Thanks for putting in the time and sharing!

Hahaha. I took two weeks break from work to study for exams and this is the result. I still managed to pass two exams today, so not bad after all Now I really have to go biking, maybe I will add few bikes later today (Carabine, new banshee, Canyon, Cube, Cove...)